Ghassan Charbel

Ghassan Charbel
Editor-in-Chief of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper
Interviews Iraq President to Asharq Al-Awsat: Our Country Won’t Be Platform to Harm its Neighbors

Iraq President to Asharq Al-Awsat: Our Country Won’t Be Platform to Harm its Neighbors

Iraqi President Barham Salih stated that American troops had deployed in his country at his government’s request after the ISIS terrorist group swept through…

Ghassan Charbel (Tunis)
Interviews Mohammed bin Rashid to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Stand by Saudi Arabia through Thick and Thin

Mohammed bin Rashid to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Stand by Saudi Arabia through Thick and Thin

Rarely does the name of a city become so associated to the name of a man, like Dubai does to its Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President…

Ghassan Charbel (Dubai)
Interviews Sisi

Sisi: Saudi Arabia is Making Giant Strides

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said that Saudi Arabia is “making giant strides on more than one level”. “These steps are cautious and bold”, he…

Ghassan Charbel (Sharm al-Sheikh )
Features ISIS

3 ISIS Members Recount to Asharq Al-Awsat their Journey with the Terror Group

The ISIS terrorist organization has created a series of catastrophes around the world. The tragedies have taken the form of persecuting minorities and…

Ghassan Charbel (Irbil)
Arab World ISIS

ISIS Members from Iraq, Syria Tell their Stories

I had a strange sensation while I was sitting in the counter-terrorism headquarters in Erbil, amidst hundreds of ISIS men distributed in the prison chambers…

Ghassan Charbel (Erbil)
Interviews Barzani

Barzani: Maliki’s Crime against Kurdish Region Worse than Saddam’s Anfal Operation

President of the Kurdish Iraqi Region Masoud Barzani expressed his disappointment and “bitterness” towards former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and…

Ghassan Charbel (Irbil)
Features Homs

A European Cure for the Arab Patient

For years, he used to sit at the cafe near his home. He would sit with his book, newspaper and coffee cup before leaving. In the early 1980s, all that remained…

Ghassan Charbel